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Definition of Broad arrow

1. Noun. An arrowhead mark identifying British government property.

2. Noun. A mark shaped like an arrowhead; used to mark convicts' clothing.

3. Noun. An arrow with a wide barbed head.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Broad Arrow

broad-leaved plantain broad-leaved twayblade broad-leaves broad-minded broad-mindedly broad-mindedness broad-mouthed broad-shouldered broad-spectrum broad-spectrum antibiotic

broad-spectrum antibiotics broad-winged hawk broad-winged hawks broad across the beam broad antigen broad arrow (current term) broad awake broad bean broad beech fern broad beta disease

broad buckler-fern broad church broad daylight broad fascia broad gauge broad gauges broad hatchet broad in the beam broad interpretation broad jump

Literary usage of Broad arrow

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Economic and Social History of New England, 1620-1789 by William Babcock Weeden (1891)
"... the irritation always prevalent between the people and the royal officials, who tried to save the large trees marked with the broad arrow of the crown. ..."

2. A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors by William Oldnall Russell, Charles Sprengel Greaves (1877)
"It might be that the moment he had seen the broad arrow marked on the metal, he would at once have rejected it : and the preceding case was cited. ..."

3. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1891)
"For synonyms, set CRUMPET. Quoted by Grose [1765]. CROW'S-FOOT, subs, (thieves').— The Government broad arrow : also (in //.) wrinkles at the outside ..."

4. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1853)
"A few articles I have seen of William ur. are stamped with WI (with a crowns above) : no broad arrow. Nor do I remember having ever ..."

5. Tarry at Home Travels by Edward Everett Hale (1906)
"... and sometimes an enthusiast TEE broad arrow. gives them a few cents or a few dollars with which to buy a few pine trees to preserve them for posterity. ..."

6. The Scottish Nation: Or, The Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and by William Anderson (1877)
"... as free to thee and thine as ever God gave it to me and mine, and that for a bow and a broad arrow when I come to hunt in Yarrow. ..."

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